The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-28
Ia HuHT BogT.
Judge Whites Defense y Gen. Nichols
Pattieipatioa Therein.

/ tfict and OF Gen. hiclluhs participation
ss,s IN, l1s IN NM I'M, IL sil
/ port 81 that movement 10 flsfeath regular
1 Democratic candidate Tor Congress, ls very
much like that Of the unfortunate NatilR
woman who. being repraBe he'd by q stald ana
4 pipus lRdyfeT certain indisereti0u, bluah7
Ingig looking at the loveltneEgilljt ,a6tafIel,
l and yith streaming eyes plead that II was
The truih 4. ss The safes has declared It
before, that Gov, Nichols ss the leader q
| the BetorInerF and i3Gy. MHTmoth a. their
Bepnblican ally IN thai 0aHpatgn, constltu.
4 ted The rec sirenEthoi tho Hunt bolt; they
\ inspired b With life; siileTr gave " cohesion
and COURAGE aIid Gen. Nichols htnHeLf gave
/ II q prestige thar u was assumed would shield
IL from any attaok as az act 81 party treason.
Gen. Nichols may have made but Two
isspFeeheH for che bQiteTB. but 1t ~ nome the
| less true that his aillanCe with them gave
them strength that, at one time, threatened
the autonomy OF the Democratic party IN
these two Congressional districts. Oh ms
participation Ia that In0vcnleu eat Gen. Nlchdtls
never has INSIDE any satisfactory defense.
speeches, bit he has iArariablF steered clear
of any reference 10 his connection with tins
notorious attempt 10 defeat the regular can
didate Of the Democratic party nominated
through the influence and agency Of some Of
the very men who are now supporting him,
and on whom he relics 10 carry tins city III
his interest.
Of this business, but in every Instance he has
80 baked and stumbled and confused hlB
narrative that he has mRde the case the worse
for Gen. Nichols. His defense at MANSFIELD
was unquestiOnAbly the most remarkable and
amusing OF his efforts on this hn6
Having informed his audience OF the exact
number Of speeches mfde by Gen, Nichols
AGAINST the Democratic party in the bolt in
the First District inISS4, Judge White went
on to explain that in 1884 Mr.. Hunt repre-
sented the First District; that q rumOr was
in ciTe7riatiOn thHt$loiQ00 or $4,000 had
been paid by some one else to secure the nom
inAtien. He could mot say, mark the words,
whether this WAS true or not" Continuing,
the judge tells us this rumora that neither
he nor any one else knew to be true or false
this rumOr, set on foot by tho Radical CORE:
gPOndent of q RAdIcglnewBpaper had created
great discomfort and ''A3FeYoltJ-thAt il, the
Hunt bOlL--in the party,
see what sort of a defense he has been com
PEELED TO set up Tor Gen. Nlchoils and his te!-
low-boltGrB in 1884, OF course, Judge
Whites explanation ard defense of this
political episode is Gen. Nichols explanation
and defeuBe Of it. The judge is the Gov
eTnOTB most lntima 10 friend and confidential
advisor; be IL really In this canvass Coy.
Nichols spokesmEuyl He travels with his
chief, settles all the points Of this canvass
with him, and 10 lB absolutely certain that |
they are ~ complete hhllnung AAnd perfect
understanding with each other on every Is |
sue discussed before the people. ! UORcediuE |
this then 20 be true Gov. RiehellR, through |
his spokesman 8TttgB]Niilbs, brOsdty con- |
lekbEG Ellalv il AfHhktFIlG .BOtLEQ 3 regular ]
Democratic nomination and Joined with 81 |
organization o. Te1OrIners and Republicans, |
under WHmoth and other Radical leaders, /
in an effort 70 defeat regular Democratic /
candidate for Congress. And on what |
GROUNDS? Not that the candidate was I'M
worthy: Gov. Nichols has himself been CON- /
PEELED to testify to his worth as man and >
citizen snd to his klie-long Democracy: not
because there was any proof, OF even a
presumption that the convention
was actually Influenced by corrupt agencies;
never was & nomination 80 clearly q BpOD-
taBeouH and patriotic act, done to harmon
i1e all factions and heal all dissertations, az
chat Of Col St. Martin by the First District
Convention Of 1884. The confession Of |
Cen. Nichols then IL, that he bolted q .
regular nomination and sought TO defeat q |
Democratic candidate for one Of the most |
responsible positions Raderour government, |
and at Tire most peTlloHB crisis Of our conn
try snd party, solely and simply on the |
strength OF a ruTrtoT, set on foot by RadiGdi
correspondent whose Business it was 70 hunt
mp and invent any, hEtdieYeTy possible detam-
Atory story rejecting upon tlie leaders and
management Of the Democratic party in Lou
iEisna; a bastard TumoT that could find no
paternity, save a Radical sl4nderer snd 3
Radical newspaper; Fnmor that was never
proved or even Investigated, which Gov.
kiCholIR confesseF, lthreGgh Judge White, he
could not say was true or false, and which is
now known to hyye been absolutely false and
without foundation.
The States has, during this canvass, made
the Democracy of AoHlElanA acquainted with
many Of the features Of the Hunt bolt: Gov.
Nichols has now given the people his defense
IF IL and of his participation therein. What
do the Democrats Of Louisiana think Of that
defense7 Perscns in a private station may
be excused for sometimes INDUCING their
personal feeling ct the expense Of their party
tealty; but no man who wears 1hat tealty so
loosely that he can bolt his party, in Il serious
crisis, under even the most AggravHting cir
cumstanCeg, is tit for party leader much
less is he worthy 10 carry the banner Oh the
IlnTUppTaRV VVbRn Hh mt hAuI late IN holt
a Democratic nomination on the strength Of
mere Tumor, set RdrIft By a malicious
enemy ot HIS party and people.
And this ''Fumor, +" OF the truth or felicity
OF which the spnkeFmen OF Coy. Nichols
comedies he knew nothing, he bellsHB, created
discomfort in the party, and that ii was that
dlseontent that the hunt movement wEA de-
Gov, Nichols and Judge White, it seems
to as, have strange aud original methods Of
alHylng dlssentons IN political party.
| such methods IA politics would destroy all
| etieetlye connections and any rebel against
party discipline, or any enemy Of the party,
might bring confusion TO its eounBels and
| defeat to its principles by ingenting and set
| about its leaders. In short, hRrmOnizing By
| huch methods would break up the party
This is the true theory however OF the
| rule or rum" tSetlon,s and such men, how
ever sincere and honest they may be in their
opl1llo1s should never be entrusted with
-. AlNtb LuNAkH #Nfaaltat dHA9FhQD .btlab aNIle
\ Radical 'TumOr" referred to created disBen-
tons IN the Democratic party and led to the
! hunt bolt Is Blmply ahsnrQ. Whatever dis
se1tlong EXISTED ~ the party originated long
before che Radical correspondent OF the New
| York Times invented the story that the ppmi-
nation in the First District had been sold.
/ The diBcontsntout Of which the Hunt bolt
sprung was the hesTt-buruing, personal dis
content experienced BIZ Mr.. Hunt indiyfdI-
/ ally and by bis personal friends, when 1t was
discovered that theie,Was not the shadow Of
! a chance for him 20 obtain q denomination ut
/ the bands Of the regular convention;
| this rumqr was then seized upon a.
most hlmBy aDa1a ine1Gusable exeuse
f9F an 1pdependellt FnoEeneIit, or, in
| other words, bolt. There Was nothing else
at the bottom Of the Hunt movement: there
was no party disenntent ii could poe
\ sI5ly allNY, there waa no p9gtS se1iRenpy that
called for IT, had no other origin than Tie
elected 10 Congress. This was its 4sIis0g
otstTef and judge While cannot Rull the pep-
pie with the prepOsterOus assertion, that any.
dlae si whatever q we llenloeratic party
by thls one ont OF a glollHApE 0f the FEUlOrs
and Lies set s1ioat by malignant Radicaf cox
respondents, and which a bolt on any other
eLts'adlnafy step Wss Decessary to ailay.
That grave discomfort aid EXIT M tie marty
N 1854 " Internationally true. Indeed, at
one time seflon6 appre henaiousw were felt thai
the STATE would W lost 70 The Democratic
party. There was profound apathy in many
iHfQeniial quarters threatening utter de.
morslz8tion. J'he reform wing 81 the party
took Literally no lpteraft til the election.
while sh their nttefaqcis tended To aggFa-
vale the situaflon, aid u ofilef oanses som
blned did not do hali 80 mneh to dembfaiizg
The party as the Hunt beitp Many nien
had grown weary 81 well-doinR; they began
TO feel shat they Wefe engaged In losing
tight and were ready loS welcome the
breaking down Of the party diBsipline tisat
held flietn IN the ranks The hunt bolt
assuming ct one time formidable prUpor
i1oltHi engauraged this SPIRIT, aud when Gen.
champion q that meYelnent, and Gov. War
l5s7th and tee C5ist9GstOuse gang rallied en-
thusqs leasiy 70 iis support. the miniltier
question 1T the Presidency began ~ sifik out
~ eigiii, aud hnndleds ~ good men Woo
ready 70 ignore party fealty and q struggle
iaiit 6qenltsd hopeieaa, % follow mavendpi
lea AZ Nlchei 3 ore AanG and Wafabsh